MOx fuel assembly design

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1990-03-12

1992-02-18

Walsh, Donald P.

Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements

With control of reactor

By altering quantity of characteristic of fuel within...

376419, 376428, 376435, 376349, 376267, G21C 730

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050892100

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to nuclear reactors and more specifically to a fuel bundle arrangement for a boiling water nuclear reactor in which so-called mixed oxide fuels including plutonium and uranium are utilized in a nuclear fuel bundle together with a burnable absorber such as gadolinium to optimize the reaction of a nuclear fuel bundle.

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